This document provides a summary of foreign direct investment data and rankings for Malaysia from the 2010 UNCTAD World Investment Report. It includes the following key points: 1) Malaysia saw inward FDI flows decline from $7.3 billion in 2008 to $1.38 billion in 2009 while outward FDI flows increased from $15 billion to $8 billion over the same period. 2) As a percentage of gross fixed capital formation, inward FDI to Malaysia declined from 16.8% in 2008 to 3.5% in 2009. 3) The largest Malaysian company in the top 100 non-financial transnational corporations ranked by foreign assets is Petronas, which ranks 78th with over $

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) overview, selected years
(Millions of dollars and percentages)
as a percentage of gross fixed capital formation
FDI flows 1995-2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1995-2005 2007 2008 2009
(Annual average) (Annual average)
Malaysia
Inward 4 068 6 060 8 538 7 318 1 381 14.4 21.2 16.8 3.5
Outward 1 983 6 084 11 280 14 988 8 038 7.0 28.0 34.5 20.6
Memorandum
Indonesia
Inward 1 444 4 914 6 928 9 318 4 877 3.1 6.4 6.6 2.9
Outward 850 2 726 4 675 5 900 2 949 1.8 4.3 4.2 1.8
Thailand
Inward 4 805 9 517 11 355 8 544 5 949 11.6 17.4 11.4 9.2
Outward 425 970 2 850 2 560 3 818 1.0 4.4 3.4 5.9
South-East Asia
Inward 27 954 56 408 73 971 47 289 36 806 16.2 23.9 12.5 9.4
Outward 11 543 28 808 50 178 15 387 21 284 7.1 16.4 4.1 5.5
Asia and Oceania
Inward 123 886 284 426 338 226 374 639 303 230 9.7 11.2 9.8 7.5
Outward 54 314 154 013 225 550 204 344 176 795 4.3 7.5 5.4 4.4
Developing economies
Inward 211 470 434 366 564 930 630 013 478 349 11.9 14.0 12.5 9.3
Outward 79 351 228 691 292 147 296 286 229 159 4.6 7.3 5.9 4.5
World
Inward 741 045 1 459 133 2 099 973 1 770 873 1 114 189 10.3 16.9 12.6 9.1
Outward 717 852 1 410 574 2 267 547 1 928 799 1 100 993 10.0 18.4 13.8 9.0
as a percentage of gross domestic product
FDI stocks
1995 2000 2007 2008 2009 1995 2007 2008 2009
Malaysia
Inward 28 731 52 747 76 612 73 262 74 643 32.3 41.2 33.1 39.0
Outward 5 123 15 878 58 233 67 580 75 618 5.8 31.3 30.5 39.5
Memorandum
Indonesia
Inward 20 626 25 060 79 927 67 964 72 841 9.3 18.5 13.3 13.5
Outward 5 896 6 940 21 333 27 233 30 183 2.7 4.9 5.3 5.6
Thailand
Inward 17 684 29 915 94 112 93 046 99 000 10.5 38.1 34.2 37.5
Outward 2 276 2 203 9 835 12 467 16 303 1.4 4.0 4.6 6.2
South-East Asia
Inward 152 475 266 985 654 935 653 169 689 980 22.6 50.6 43.3 46.3
Outward 50 127 84 481 314 272 321 207 342 367 7.7 26.1 23.1 25.2
Asia and Oceania
Inward 571 926 1 072 150 2 877 821 2 540 106 2 905 987 16.3 29.5 22.4 25.8
Outward 210 589 614 051 1 820 112 1 719 462 1 946 038 6.1 19.0 15.4 17.6
Developing economies
Inward 848 381 1 728 455 4 452 645 4 213 666 4 893 490 14.6 30.0 24.4 29.1
Outward 329 982 862 628 2 420 321 2 393 251 2 691 484 5.9 16.8 14.3 16.5
World
Inward 3 381 329 7 442 548 17 990 069 15 491 182 17 743 408 11.4 32.5 25.4 30.7
Outward 3 606 556 7 967 460 19 313 981 16 206 795 18 982 118 12.2 35.3 26.8 33.2
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.

2. Cross-border merger and acquisition overview, 1995–2009
(Millions of dollars)
Sales(net) Purchases(net)
Region/economy 1995-2005 2007 2008 2009 1995-2005 2007 2008 2009
(Annual average) (Annual average)
Malaysia 608 6 976 2 781 354 1 477 3 654 9 751 3 277
Memorandum
Indonesia 1 045 1 706 2 070 1 332 91 826 913 - 2 590
Thailand 1 000 2 372 142 346 60 54 1 416 872
South-East Asia 4 174 20 061 22 743 12 913 6 543 25 936 18 922 4 325
Asia and Oceania 19 142 71 657 68 167 38 295 18 927 94 743 95 167 67 534
Developing economies 40 624 100 381 104 812 39 077 25 868 144 830 105 849 73 975
World 357 132 1 022 725 706 543 249 732 357 132 1 022 725 706 543 249 732
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.
Country rankings by Inward FDI performance Index and Inward FDI Potential Index, 2007–2009
Economy Inward FDI Performance Economy Inward FDI Potential Index
2007 2008 2009 2007 2008 2009
United States 116 99 118 Italy 31 32 ..
Indonesia 120 109 119 Czech Republic 34 33 ..
Iran, Islamic Republic of 133 130 120 Slovenia 33 34 ..
Bangladesh 130 115 121 Kuwait 37 35 ..
Taiwan Province of China 114 116 122 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 35 36 ..
Malaysia 74 79 123 Malaysia 39 37 ..
Korea, Republic of 137 123 124 New Zealand 36 38 ..
Ecuador 136 107 125 Lithuania 38 39 ..
Haiti 128 132 126 Hungary 40 40 ..
Yemen 89 56 127 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 62 41 ..
Kenya 99 133 128 Poland 42 42 ..
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010 ; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.
Note: Ranking is that of the latest year available. Covering 141 economies. The potential index is based on 12 economic and policy variables.
Presence in the world's top 100 non-financial TNCs, ranked by foreign assets, 2008
(Millions of dollars and number of employees)
Ranking by: Foreign a
TNI
Corporation Industry a
Foreign assets TNI Assets Sales Employment (Per cent)
Petronas - Petroliam Nasional Bhd Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 78 99 28 447 32 477 7 847 30
Source: UNCTAD/Erasmus University database; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.
a
TNI, the Transnationlity Index, is calculated as the average of the following three ratios: foreign assets to total assets, foreign sales to total sales and foreign employment to tota
employment.
Presence in the top 100 non-financial TNCs from developing countries, ranked by foreign assets, 2008
(Millions of dollars and number of employees)
Ranking by: Foreign
TNI a
Corporation Industry a
Foreign assets TNI Assets Sales Employment (Per cent)
Petronas - Petroliam Nasional Bhd Petroleum expl./ref./distr. 5 79 28 447 32 477 7 847 30
Axiata Group Bhd Telecommunications 31 23 8 184 1 746 18 975 68
YTL Corp. Berhad Utilities (Electricity, gas and water) 38 51 7 014 968 1 931 48
Genting Berhad Other consumer services 56 50 5 139 667 16 631 48
Sime Darby Berhad Diversified 66 55 4 307 6 065 25 432 46
Tanjong Public Limited Company Pharmaceuticals 91 47 2 445 455 902 49
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2010; www.unctad.org/wir or www.unctad.org/fdistatistics.
a
TNI, the Transnationlity Index, is calculated as the average of the following three ratios: foreign assets to total assets, foreign sales to total sales and foreign employment to total
employment.

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